Rick Boucher
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"Frederick Carlyle "Rick" Boucher" is an United States/American politician who was the United States House of Representatives/U.S. Representative for from 1983 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party (United States)/Democratic Party. He was defeated in the 2010 elections, while trying to be elected to a 15th term, when he was challenged by Morgan Griffith.

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I would like to have the help of people in this room in this effort.

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I defend peoples' right to do that in a lawful manner, but I have not undertaken that practice myself.

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I'm not ready to introduce this bill yet, I need to do some coalition building. -Rick Boucher
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The first legislation that I produced relating to the Internet was a bill to overturn a restriction inside of the law that prohibited the Internet backbone from being used for anything other than research and scientific and educational communication.

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It has certainly occurred at the expense of the fair-use rights, which underpins our right to speak freely in society. That growing body of scholarship includes a number of prominent law professors and writers on the West Coast.

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I actually use a computer a lot. I have three computers that I use on a regular basis - one is on my desk top in my Washington office, another is at home, and I have my laptop that I use when I'm travelling. -Rick Boucher
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The president and the Congress will be diverted from the urgent national business, while prolonged proceedings take place in the Senate.

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Such a large portion of our population is eligible for the program because of income levels throughout the district.

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I think that the balance needs to be restored, and I would note that in the camp in which I am in, one finds libraries, universities, the Internet industry, the manufacturers of digital media, and consumers. -Rick Boucher
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